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25th Exeter & East Devon CAMRA
Festival of Winter Ales
The Exeter & East Devon 25th Festival of Winter Ales (FOWA) took place at Exeter City Football Club (ECFC) on the 10th/11th January 2014.
This event which specialises in winter ales was attended by approximately 1500 people over the two days. 72 casks were on offer along with 12 ciders and 2 perries and I’m pleased to say all were drunk.
12 of the 72 were SW Champion Beers of Britain candidates and were judged in a blind tasting on the Friday morning. Need I say that the that the winner of the Barley Wines & Strong Old Ales categories, Beast of Zeal from Wessex was sold out by Friday evening.
Among the many old familiar Christmas favourites were Yo Ho Ho, Whistlemas, Feast of Stephen and Winter Glow to name a few. These were joined by new beers such as John Street Porter, St. Wites Ale and many more.
For the first time in many years the festival had some live music. An accomplished singer from Exmouth (Nigel Challis) strummed away and was well received especially when he ended with a couple of Oasis songs that had the ground floor festival goers singing in harmony. Well maybe just making a lot of noise.
Finally, just like to say thanks to all those that came, all those volunteers that helped, the valuable assistance from the ECFC staff and lastly Simon Hall from BBC’s Spotlight for opening the event.
Looking forward and planning next year’s festival already.
Ray Dwan
Festival Organiser
Below was our 2014 Provisional Festial of Winter Ale List
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BREWERY |
BEER |
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ABV |
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Allsaints, Redruth, Cornwall |
Feast of Stephen |
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4.2 |
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Art Brew, Nth Chideock, Dorset |
Anarchist Party Bitter |
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7.2 |
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Backyard Walsall |
New Year |
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4.3 |
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Battledown, Cheltenham, Gloucs |
Four Kings |
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7.2 |
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Beer Engine, Newton St Cyres, Devon |
Whistlemas |
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6.8 |
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Beowulf Brownhills Staffordshire |
Grendells Winter Ale |
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5.8 |
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Black Hole, Burton on Trent, Staffs |
Starry Night |
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4.4 |
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Box Steam Holt Wiltshire |
Dark & Handsome |
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5.0 |
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Branscombe Vale, Branscombe, Devon |
Yo Ho Ho |
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6.0 |
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Branscombe Vale, Branscombe, Devon |
Festive Frolics |
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4.5 |
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Buntingford Royston Hertfordshire |
Winter Gold |
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4.3 |
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Burton Bridge Burton Upon Trent |
Old Expensive |
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6.5 |
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Bushys Isle Of Man |
Old Bushy Tail |
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4.5 |
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Clarks Wakefield West Yorkshire |
Knee Deep |
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4.4 |
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Clearwater, Torrington, Devon |
Dark Night |
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5.2 |
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Coastal, Redruth, Cornwall |
Erosion |
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7.5 |
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Cottage, Lovington, Somerset |
Normans Conquest |
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7.0 |
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Cumbrian Legendary Hawkeshead Cumbria |
Langdale |
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4.0 |
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Dartmoor, Devon |
Santas Secret |
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4.2 |
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Driftwood, St Agnes, Cornwall |
Alfies Revenge |
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6.5 |
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Elland West Yorkshire |
1872 Porter |
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6.5 |
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Exe Valley, Silverton, Devon |
Winter Glow |
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6.0 |
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Exeter Devon |
Falls Over |
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5.0 |
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Exmoor, Wiveliscombe, Somerset |
Beast |
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6.6 |
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Fat Pig Exeter |
John Street Porter |
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4.7 |
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Great Oakley Tiffield Northamptonshire |
Tiffield Winter Brew |
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4.8 |
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Hadrian & Border Newcastle Upn Tyne |
Mid Winter Ale |
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5.0 |
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Hanlons Newton St Cyres Devon |
Goodwill |
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5.0 |
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Holsworthy Clawton Devon |
Old Market Monk |
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6.1 |
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Humpty Dumpty Reedham Norfolk |
Christmas Cracker |
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7.0 |
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Hunter’s, Ipplepen, Devon |
Dashers Dinkle |
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5.5 |
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Isca, Dawlish, Devon |
25th Winter Festival |
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5.2 |
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Kinver Ales Kinver Staffordshire |
Over The Edge |
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7.5 |
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Kirkby Lonsdale Lancashire |
Jingling Lane |
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3.6 |
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Long Man Litlington East Sussex |
Old Man |
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4.3 |
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Lymestone, Stone, Staffs |
Pudding Stone |
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4.8 |
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Marston Moor York |
Santa Paws |
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4.3 |
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Mighty Hop, Lyme Regis, Dorset |
Vallances Stout |
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5.0 |
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Moor, Pitney, Somerset |
Old Freddy Walker |
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7.0 |
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North Cotswold, Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire |
Winter Solstice |
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4.5 |
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North Yorkshire Pinchinthorpe North Yorkshire |
Rocket Fuel |
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5.0 |
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Old Dairy Rolvenden Kent |
Snow Top Winter Warmer |
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6.0 |
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Old Mill Snaith East Yorkshire |
Santas Midnight Moonshine |
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4.5 |
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Otter, Luppitt, Devon |
Otter Claus |
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5.0 |
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Penzance |
Mello |
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5.5 |
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Plain Ales Sutton Veney Wiltshire |
Wreck The Halls |
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5.0 |
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Ramsbury Mildenhall Wiltshire |
Deer Hunter |
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5.0 |
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RCH, West Hewish, Somerset |
Santa Fe |
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7.3 |
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Sadlers Stourbridge West Midlands |
Snow Leopard |
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5.0 |
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Strathaven Ales, Nr Glasgow |
Trumpeter |
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4.2 |
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Summerskills, Plymouth, Devon |
Indiana’s Bones |
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5.6 |
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Sunny Republic Winterborn Kingston Dorset |
St. Wites Ale |
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5.5 |
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Tavey Ales Plymouth |
Solstice |
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5.0 |
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Teignwothy, Newton Abbot, Devon |
Walnut Brown |
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6.5 |
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Three B's Blackburn Lancashire |
Santas Skinful |
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4.0 |
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Tirril Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria |
Old Faithful |
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4.0 |
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Titanic, Burslem, Staffs |
Deck the Halls |
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4.2 |
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Topsham, Devon |
Devils Walkabout |
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8.1 |
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Town Mill, Lyme Regis, Dorset |
Granny's Teeth |
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6.0 |
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Tring Hertfordshire |
Snow Flake |
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4.2 |
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Twisted Oak Wrington Somerset |
Slippery Slope |
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5.5 |
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Wadworth Devizes Wiltshire |
Old Timer |
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5.8 |
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Wessex Deverill Wiltshire |
Best of Zeals |
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Whale Ale Brailes Warwickshire |
Amber |
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4.3 |
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Wharfebank Wharfedale West Yorkshire |
WISPA |
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5.1 |
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Yeovil Somerset |
Yeo Ho Ho |
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4.7 |
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York North Yorkshire |
Naughty Noelle |
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4.5 |
Simon Hall opens the festival with Ray Dwan (Chairman & Festival Organiser) in the back ground.
Ray Hodgins (Vice Chair) settles for two halves for a well deserved break..
A selection of cider and perry all sold out before the end of the festival.
Younger Members Lewis and Matt, ready for action, but wait, the beers about to run out.
If you enjoyed the festival or like what you see we hope you come again next year.
You may even like to help us out with the festival or even join us on the festival committee. If you feel you have a few free hours, want to meet some great people, have some fun, drink some free beer, obtain a limited edition fastival T-shirt & glass, then we would love to hear from you. Please click to email us to find out how you could help.
